Showing posts with label Algerian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Algerian. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Msemmen (Algerian Flatbread)

Ok, so Algeria is not strictly Middle Eastern, but it is wonderful bread from Healthy Bread In Five Minutes a Day Healthy Bread

Use your refrigerated dough (about 1/4 pound)
3 T. olive oil
1 t. ground cumin
1 t. paprika
1 t. turneric
1/2 t. cayenne
1/4 t. kosher salt, + more for sprinkling on top
2 T. olive oil for skillet

Mix olive oil with spices and salt. Roll out a ball of dough to 1/8" thick.  evenly spread the spice mixture over the dough, leaving 1/2" border.  Roll it up into a log and coil it into a rope around itself.  Place on a lightly greased worksurface, covered it with plastic, rest. 20 min.

Now roll our the coil until you have a 1/8" circle.  Heat a heavy 12" skillet on stove until water skitters across the top.  Add 2 /T olive oil and heat (not to smoking)  Drop dough onto the skillet, decrease to medium, cover to trap steam and heat.  Check after 2-5 minutes, flip and cook until browned on both sides.